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Git commands

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How to Clone a Git Repository to a Specific Folder

How to Clone a Git Repository to a Specific Folder

When cloning a repository, it's crucial to specify the local destination folder rather than relying on the default location.

How Git Works

Have you ever wondered exactly how Git enables powerful features like branching, merging, and distributed collaboration?

Git Save Credentials: How to Save Your Passwords & Username

Git Save Credentials: How to Save Your Passwords & Username

Git provides solutions to securely save credentials and automate the authentication process for remote repositories.

Git Diff: How to Compare Files Between Two Branches

Git Diff: How to Compare Files Between Two Branches

The git diff command is a vital component of the Git toolkit, providing developers with a straightforward yet powerful means to compare and understand changes across branches.

Unraveling the 6 Most Confusing GIT Commands: A Simple Guide

Unraveling the 6 Most Confusing GIT Commands: A Simple Guide

Git, an essential tool in the world of DevOps and Cloud Native Computing, can sometimes throw you for a loop with its myriad of commands. Today, we'll demystify six of the most commonly misunderstood Git commands: git merge, git rebase, git reset, git revert, git fetch, and git

Git Switch vs. Checkout: What’s the Difference?

Git Switch vs. Checkout: What’s the Difference?

One of the most important features of git is the ability to create and work on different branches. Branches are like parallel timelines of your project, where you can work on different features or experiments without affecting the stable code. We navigate between branches using either git switch or git

Git detached head: What is it & How to fix it

Git detached HEAD: What is it & How to fix it

Have you ever paused for a few seconds, staring at your screen with bewilderment, trying to figure out the informational message Git wrote to the console? And how you get to the state, Git says you are in? You are not alone! We have been there, and that’s exactly

How to delete tags locally and remotely in Git

How to delete tags locally and remotely in Git

It’s the 2nd quarter of the year, and you and your team have built lots of exciting features to be launched this quarter. You, as the release manager, are prepping for the next release by collaborating with other teams. You have to ensure a smooth and successful release process

How to Force Git Pull to Overwrite Local Files

How to Force Git Pull to Overwrite Local Files

Imagine being so engrossed in working on a new feature on a software project and collaborating with a couple of teammates using Git. You have made some progress on a Feature Branch but have not staged or committed your work yet. Now, you want to ensure that your feature branch

Uncommit Last commit in Git

How to Uncommit Last commit in Git (5 Scenarios)

Have you ever wished you could turn back time and undo some erroneous implementations or features on your application’s code? Well, if you are a Git user, you are in luck. Git is a wonderful tool that lets you do exactly that: undo your mistakes and restore your project

Best DevOps Tools

5 DevOps Tools Every Beginner Should Know in 2023

DevOps is a rapidly growing field combining software development and IT operations to improve software delivery speed and quality. If you want a career in DevOps, you’ll need to learn to use tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, and Git. In this article, we’ll look at five popular

DevOps: Git for Beginners

DevOps: Git for Beginners!

Software development and related methodologies have come a long way with the advent of agile and lean methodologies as well as DevOps. Now, automation has been introduced to enable frequent and faster releases in small chunks so that new features and software reach the target audience in a much quicker